Towering Dinosaur With Radioactive Skull Identified in Utah
(Credits: Xinhua/Bao Dandan/IANS) The 155-million-year-old specimen was headless until a radiation detector located th…
January 2020
'Dancing Dragon' Feathered Dinosaur Fossil Discovered in China
(Poust et al., The Anatomical Record) A 120 million-year-old fossil is helping paleontologists bridge the 'phanto…
Meteor Crater Discovered in Australia is World’s Oldest
Meteor Crater Discovered in Australia is World’s Oldest. Meteor craters, such as this one in Arizona are difficult to age…
Geologists Find Rare Earth Element-Bearing Rocks in Mojave Desert
The periodic table lists 17 rare-earth minerals. Clockwise from top left is allanite, containing cerium; agardite contain…
This is a Rock, Not a Slice of Cheesecake
This is a Rock, Not a Slice of Cheesecake. This specimen from Central Nevada Credit: Chelsea Thompson Red agate and …
7 Billion-Year-Old Stardust Is Oldest Material Found on Earth
7 Billion-Year-Old Stardust Is Oldest Material Found on Earth Scientists recently identified the oldest material on Ear…
Oldest Scorpion Fossil Discovered
Oldest Scorpion Fossil Discovered Scientists have revealed the oldest known scorpion—and arachnid—on Earth: a mysteriou…
World's Oldest Slime Mold Found in Amber
100 million-year-old amber piece with lizard leg and mycomycete (arrow). Credit: Alexander Schmidt, University of Götting…
Dinosaurs Were Killed by Asteroid and Not Volcanoes, Scientists Confirm
Mass Extinction That Killed the Dinosaurs Was All About the Asteroid – Not Volcanoes Volcanic activity did not play a…
How Nodules Stay on Top at the Bottom of the Sea
How Nodules Stay on Top at the Bottom of the Sea. Photo credit: Utah Geological Survey Rare metallic elements found …
Scientists Catch a Volcano Mid-formation in the Indian Ocean
This illustration shows how magma in a reservoir deep underground ascended to form a submarine volcano in the Indian Ocea…
Crater From Asteroid Impact That Covered 10% of Earth's Surface in Debris
A flash of light would have come first, followed by a shockwave and massive earthquake. Only later would the hailstorm …
What is Fire Opal?
What is Fire Opal. Multicolor rough crystal opal from Coober Pedy, South Australia, expressing nearly every color of the vis…
What is the Lifespan of Volcanic Islands Like Hawaii?
Nishinoshima island When a hot plume of rock rises through the Earth's mantle to puncture the overlying crust, it…
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